The number of flu emergencies in public hospitals in Aragon has decreased over the last week. However, the proportion of people having to be admitted to hospital has increased, according to figures released in the Public Health Weekly Epidemiology Bulletin on Thursday. In fact, a total of 834 people (296 fewer than seven days ago) went to emergency rooms in the second week of this year, accounting for 7.1% of the total and a decrease of 3 percentage points from the previous week. Nonetheless, infections led to more hospitalizations, as 226 people were hospitalized compared with 283 people in care, accounting for 27% of those in care, two points more than the number reported in the previous bulletin.
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The influenza incidence rate increased slightly, reaching 334.8 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, 31 more than seven days ago, and for the fourth consecutive week it exceeded the base threshold set for this season, which does not reach 60 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.The people most affected by this ratio are the smallest because 700 cases in the 0 to 4-year-old range; Health Minister José Luis Bancalero put the number of infections among teenagers at 400 on Wednesday, declaring that the incidence of influenza “remains high” although the rate of increase is increasing Slow down. There are 147 cases among people over 65 years old.
The majority of cases are influenza A, with 102 detections of the virus reported in the second week of the year, of which 101 were influenza A and only one was influenza B. In addition, there was one case of influenza A. Respiratory syncytial virus was found in 314 samples analyzed.
CThese data confirm that the incidence of influenza in Aragon continues to rise and is “close to its peak”, as recently acknowledged by the Aragonese government, while in the case of Spain the incidence has decreased in all communities. Only two of it grew: Aragon and Asturias. Therefore, lifting the mask mandate in health centers is not being considered at this time and following the release of new data.
Specifically, at the national level, the global incidence rate was 346.7 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, compared with 409.9 cases in the previous week, a decrease of 18%. This decrease was evident in all age groups except 1 to 4 years and 5 to 14 years.
Regarding acute respiratory infections, Aragon has an incidence rate of 1,368 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, a figure that is also slightly higher than the previous week (1,330 cases). Regarding serious infections, the incidence rate is 37.5 cases, while among people over 79 years old, it is close to 256 cases per 100,000 inhabitants; in the age group between 65 and 79 years, there are 75 cases. Three coronavirus cases have also been detected.
According to the recommendations of the health authorities, this downward trend at the national level will lead to Asturias, Cantabria, Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla and León, Catalonia Communities such as Asia, Valencia, Galicia and Madrid took off their masks. But this is not the case in communities such as Aragon, Andalusia, the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, Extremadura, Murcia, Navarra, the Basque Country and Ceuta, where This is not considered after a slight increase in acute respiratory infections.